Jothan Semple

Jothan Semple (1786-11 August 1821) was an American slave who was the right-hand man of Ammiras Cromey during his 1821 slave uprising.

Biography
Jothan Semple was born on the Hope Mills plantation, close to Fayetteville in North Carolina. Semple was owned by Tobias Glenn and his family, and he worked his fields for him. However, in 1821 he joined Ammiras Cromey's uprising and killed his master by lynching him, and Semple aided him in liberating other slaves from their plantations. On 11 August 1821, he was killed alongside Cromey while defending the Eastville plantation in a last-ditch attempt to fight against the white militiamen.